For some reason, Nmap won't run on Windows Vista. This has outraged a lot of Hackers who bought Vista for tons of money and find out that it can't run everyone's favorite port scanner. Luckily, though, I figured out a way to make it work.Download Nmap,if you don't already have it. You can get it here: http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/ ... -setup.exe

OK, now you have Nmap. If you are on Windows Vista, go to the Hard Drive(It's located in the "Computer" Icon, under the label OS). Once you are in the hard drive, go to the folder that's named "Program Files". Find Nmap's folder. Right click on Nmap's Icon and choose the tab that says "Compatibility". select Windows XP from the Dropdown Menu, and select Apply.Then Click the box that says "Run this program as an administrator".Now, go to the desktop and try and use Nmap. It's working!If it's not, just PM me. You'll get a full refund Enjoy!

the last time i was forced to use a windows machine, it was vista, however i downloaded the metasploit framework with which is bundled ZENMAP... not sure if you can get zenmap standalone. But its a cute little gui for nmap that worked just fine.

neurophobic wrote:the last time i was forced to use a windows machine, it was vista, however i downloaded the metasploit framework with which is bundled ZENMAP... not sure if you can get zenmap standalone. But its a cute little gui for nmap that worked just fine.

Zenmap looks awesome, I'm going to get it for my Xandros laptop later.I'd like to say that I prefer the retro look and feel of the command line but to be perfectly honest, it's a pain in the ass